Matt Denkers named to CoSIDA Academic All-District Team

PROVO, Utah – Senior Matt Denkers was named to the 2017-18 CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District 8 Men’s At-Large Team and will be considered for Academic All-America honors.

The 2017-18 College of Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Google Cloud Academic All-District Men’s At-Large Team recognized top-student athletes in the nation for their collective performances in the classroom and on the playing field. Utah is part of District 8 which also includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Canada.

Denkers graduated in 2018 with a degree in information systems and a 3.91 GPA. He is currently enrolled at the BYU Marriott School of Business working towards a master’s degree.

Named Academic All-MPSF, Denkers also received the BYU Kimball Memorial Award which is awarded to the BYU student athlete with the highest cumulative GPA.

During his senior year, Denkers placed second in the 1-meter at the MPSF Championships. His performance at the MPSF Championships resulted in being named First-Team All-MPSF on the 1-meter and Second-Team All-MPSF on the 3-meter and platform.

During the regular season, the Indiana native recorded first place finishes on the 1-meter at the Wyoming Invite and Intermountain Shootout. Denkers also holds the No. 2 all-time record on the 3-meter.

First-team Academic All-District honorees move on to the Google Cloud Academic All-America ballot, which will be announced in June.

For additional information about CoSIDA’s Google Cloud Academic All-District and Academic All-America Teams program, go to AcademicAllAmerica.com or the Academic All-America home page on CoSIDA.com.